Rudolf Molleker and Alex Bolt will face off in the qualifications of the Canberra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.61
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 2-3 | 42-25 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 47-28 | 2-1 | 45-24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-23 | 0-1 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 201, the German reached the qualifications after beating Matthew Christopher Romios 6-2 7-61.
In the qualifications, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Christopher Romios (6-2 7-61). During the match, Molleker scored 74 points vs Christopher Romios’s 54. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Christopher Romios twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Molleker has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (203-172). 2-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molleker has a compiled23-23 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Gabriel Debru in the final 6-2 6-2.
Rudolf has a composed 53-35 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Canberra Challenger
Molleker has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-13 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 17-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 329, Bolt reached the qualifications after defeating Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-5 4-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Llamas Ruiz (7-5 4-6 7-65). During the match Bolt and Llamas Ruiz scored the same amount of points (112). However, the world no. 201 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Alex was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt struck 18 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was very efficient on serve to win 77% (46/60) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Bolt broke Llamas Ruiz 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Bolt’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Burnie,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Bakersfield.
Alex has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2023, 22-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 35 |
| Pts | 74-54 | 112-112 |
| Total Points | 128 | 224 |
| Winners | 33 | 46 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Molleker and Bolt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Bolt lost 1 set while Rudolf Molleker hasn’t lost a set so far. Molleker has played 1 set(s) less than Bolt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Molleker played 14 games less than Bolt. Molleker scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt blasted 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 18 |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 60/106 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 46/60 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 25/46 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 54% |
Molleker bagged 11 aces . Bolt fired 18 aces . Molleker won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Molleker broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Christopher |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-54 | 74-54 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Llamas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 112-112 | 112-112 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/106 | 60/106 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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